VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS ($VZ) posted quarterly earnings results for Q2 2026 on Friday, July 24th. The company reported earnings of $1.30 per share, missing estimates of $1.30 by $0.00. The company also reported revenue of $34,253,000,000, missing estimates of $36,183,279,816 by $-1,930,279,816.
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Insider Trading Activity
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS insiders have traded $VZ stock on the open market 6 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 6 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VZ stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- HANS ERIK VESTBERG has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 225,000 shares for an estimated $11,163,150.
- SAMANTHA HAMMOCK (EVP & Chief HR Officer) sold 73,069 shares for an estimated $3,495,036
- JOSEPH J. RUSSO (EVP&Pres-Global Networks&Tech) sold 9,579 shares for an estimated $429,905
- MARY-LEE STILLWELL (SVP and Controller) sold 8,569 shares for an estimated $428,450
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,472 institutional investors add shares of VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS stock to their portfolio, and 1,414 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- MORGAN STANLEY added 9,070,852 shares (+14.0%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $455,356,770
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added 8,289,877 shares (+15.4%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $416,151,825
- STATE STREET CORP removed 8,097,671 shares (-3.6%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $406,503,084
- BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP added 6,580,820 shares (+20.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $330,357,164
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added 6,330,991 shares (+21.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $317,815,748
- JANE STREET GROUP, LLC added 5,676,589 shares (+655.5%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $284,964,767
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 4,907,324 shares (-53.6%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $246,347,664
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $VZ stock 6 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 2 have been purchases and 4 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VZ stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE LLOYD SMUCKER sold up to $15,000 on 04/23.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. purchased up to $15,000 on 04/14.
- REPRESENTATIVE JENNIFER L. MCCLELLAN sold up to $250,000 on 04/07.
- SENATOR ALAN ARMSTRONG purchased up to $15,000 on 03/27.
- REPRESENTATIVE PETE SESSIONS sold up to $15,000 on 03/09.
- SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE sold up to $15,000 on 02/23.
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $VZ recently. We have seen 11 analysts offer price targets for $VZ in the last 6 months, with a median target of $50.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Kannan Venkateshwar from Barclays set a target price of $45.0 on 07/08/2026
- Steven Cahall from Wells Fargo set a target price of $43.0 on 07/08/2026
- Lyaysyan Sedova from Freedom Broker set a target price of $53.0 on 06/12/2026
- Sebastiano Petti from JP Morgan set a target price of $52.0 on 04/30/2026
- Benjamin Swinburne from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $50.0 on 04/28/2026
- Michael Rollins from Citigroup set a target price of $55.0 on 03/20/2026
- Maher Yaghi from Scotiabank set a target price of $54.5 on 03/09/2026
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
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